We're gonna hit 150 for sure. I can feel it! As for computers, you want to use one? Go for it. But it's not essential. And I see folks perseverating over GPS files and mileage on computers. You have a cue sheet, look up from your handlebars and follow it. It's amazing to think that anyone could finish PBP back in the old days without a computer or GPS.
On Thursday, August 9, 2012 12:53:37 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 08:00 -0700, Mike wrote: > > > > Sure, only it can be very hard to follow a cue sheet in > > unfamiliar territory when you don't have any idea of your > > mileage. > > > > > > I haven't used a computer for randonneuring in years and haven't had > > any problem. > > Right. > > And when my daughter was 2 years old we went to Boston, walked around in > the park looking for the ducks from _Make Way For Ducklings_. > > A dozen years later we were on a bike tour and saw a hammered dulcimer > player at the Peters Valley Craft Fair. He had a bunch of record albums > set up for sale around where he was playing. The records had a picture > on the cover of him playing sitting in front of a big fountain. > > She takes a look and says she knows where that fountain is located, and > tells me the name of the park and the street location: the park we were > in when she was 2 years old, and where she has not been since then. > > How many other people can do that? > > I know lots of people who can't get tires on without tire jacks or > levers. I had to help one on today's ride. (OK, he has a legitimate > excuse, having injured his hands in a fall a couple of months ago.) > > The fact that you can do something extraordinary doesn't mean anyone > else can, or that they should be forced to try. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YHVw2ZRglucJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
